SAT here I come!
So yesterday, slacker-itis caught up with me, and that Britney Spears thing was on, so I watched it.
That's right, we're switching the topic. Is that okay with you? Yeah, didn't think so, everyone loves a good Britney story nowadays.
Well, except for me. While she was going through her premature mid-life crisis, I could care less, only because the media made it seem like everyone cared. And you know what? I bet half the people I know didn't care. At least for a little while. So when I started watching the show, I wasn't amazed at how she felt about her life--of course she always had a fairly large magnifying glass over her--but I never saw just how bad things were for her. And I liked the fact that I could finally say, "Yes, she's not stupid."
The media most definitely made her look that way, even though they didn't have to say it right out. They must have been foaming at the mouth for the next crazy thing she did.
And you know what happened? I started to like her again. I wouldn't say admire her in a role model-y sort of way, but I liked seeing how her life was and hearing what she thought about what she went through. I felt bad for laughing at her last year at the MTV VMAs. I think a common reaction after watching that special was, "Wow, that must suck."
Some parts, of course, I had to laugh at her mistakes. And then I took it back, because I reminded myself that no matter how distant I was from her, she deserved to prove herself of something before any judgement on whether to listen to her or not was made. Which did happen, and I just sorta listened and watched in fascination.
It made me rethink my wish to be a musician. Maybe I'd stay Indie, if it ever happened.
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